| Module Code: ENG1035 |
Module Title: INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONICS |
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Module Provider: Mechanical, Medical & Aero Engineering
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Short Name: SE3114
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Level: HE1
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Module Co-ordinator: HOETTGES K Dr (M, M & A Eng)
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Number of credits: 10
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Number of ECTS credits: 5
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| Module Availability |
| Spring Semester |
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| Assessment Pattern |
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Unit(s) of Assessment
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Weighting Towards Module Mark (%)
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1 hr assessment (mid-module)
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35
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1 hr assessment (end-of-module)
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35
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Workshop & tutorials
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30
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Qualifying Condition(s)
A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module.
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| Module Overview |
| Introductory module in electronics for non-electronic/electrical engineering students. It builds a basic understanding of electrical concepts, circuits and instruments relevant to later modules in the course. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
Normal entry requirements for degree course in Engineering |
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| Module Aims |
To create an understanding of the basic electrical concepts, principles of passive components and fundamental circuit laws. Also, to encourage an intelligent use of instruments, and correctly apply basic knowledge to the study of simple dc and ac circuits such as filters. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
Upon completion of this module, students should develop:
1) a good understanding of;
- electronic basic concepts, parameters and components
- fundamental circuit laws and AC and DC circuit analysis
- measurement equipment (voltmetres, current meters and oscilloscpoes) and their practical limitations.
2) the ability to;
- select and correctly apply the appropriate methods to solve relevant problems
- collect, simulate, analyse, evaluate, and report the relevant experimental data.
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| Module Content |
Passive devices:
- Resistors, Ohm's Law, potentiometers, power, resistor networks.
- capacitors, static characteristics, charge, energy storage, time constant.
- Inductors static characteristics, energy storage, time constant.
Meters:
- Interaction, AC response, peak, RMS.
- Dynamic characteristics, power, reactance, phase, introduction to vector and complex number notation.
R-C Networks:
- Frequency response, time constant, phasors, voltage gain by complex impedance method, transient response, simple filters.
Discreet semiconductors:
- Diodes, basic semiconductor physics
- Diodes as rectifiers (half wave and full wave bridge)
- Use of LED, Photodiodes
- Bipolar transistors |
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
10 lectures, 10 tutorial sessions (totalling 20 hours), and 70 hours independent learning.
Total student learning time 100 hours
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
- Required reading
Course material and handouts
Recommended background reading
- Horowitz, The Art of Electronics (Hardcover) Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (28 jul 1989)
- Grob's Basic Electronics by Mitchel Schultz ISBN-10: 0073222763 ISBN-13: 978-0073222769
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| Last Updated |
12 October 2009 |
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